"Pocket" Cookies

#4 ALWAYS has something in his pocket. If fact, we have noticed that sometimes when his pants don't have pockets, he puts things in his waistband to hold on to. Most often it's lego guys. So, for his birthday thank yous, we made sugar cookie pockets with lego pieces and nail polish in them. He was thrilled.

Baptism Cake

#3 wanted his birthday cake to remind him of his baptism since he turned 8 this year. He designed it, and we decorated together. His aunts added the sparse hair to Noah's dad. :)

Thalia's Pine Tree

Allie helped us make this one. Lots of layers and green frosting, a small toy dragon (to guard the Golden Fleece), chocolate covered marshmallow pinecones, and said fleece formed from starburts. A huge "Lightning Thief" series success.

Back to School

Clown Fish

We made a clown fish from cupcakes (the blue cookies are supposed to be bubbles and the licorice are supposed to be a green hook with orange worm).

Solar System

We made this solar system with a foil background, orbits drawn in permanent marker, 4 sizes of cakes plus cupcakes, cookies for comets/moons, gumballs for tiny moons, bridge mix for asteroid belt, lots of fun sparkly frosting, colorful twizzlers for rings on the planets, etc.

Pirates

Canons on side of ship are lifesavers, with candy bar squares sticking out to be the doors that open to allow canon fire. The anchor is 2 molded starburst. The anchor chain is a candy necklace with the back half concealed under the cupcakes. The mast is 2 Milky Way bars. The sail is a Hersheys bar with one row removed (for the flag), wrapper left on. The skull/crossbones is more shaped starbursts. The canon balls were supposed to be whoppers, but are frosting blobs. :)